New Yorkers don’t trust their state legislators much, and with good reason: At least 30 have left office since 1999 because of transgressions ranging from inflating their expenses to sexual harassment to taking bribes. Countless other lawmakers have kept their...

While Gov. Cuomo and state legislators are patting themselves on the back for approving an on-time budget, some of them should be kicking themselves in the backside for failing to include a comprehensive system of public campaign finance reform in the package....

This year was supposed to be different in New York. After failing to pass a comprehensive public financing system during the last legislative session, advocates for the measure believed this year, they would get the deed done, and New York state would match...

The US Supreme court decision McCutcheon v FEC, striking down some campaign donation limits is expected to have an effect in New York. Reform advocates say Governor Cuomo and lawmakers missed a key chance this week to counteract the ruling. Karen Scharff, with the...

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature have again approved a budget before the end of the fiscal year. This is the fourth straight budget passed on time, something that hasn’t been done in more than 40 years since Nelson Rockefeller was governor. On...